The nostalgic years of "Kak Yong" Tengku Mariam ....

I was driving the other day and over Radio Klasik - hey I am 50 years old and could be considered as "classic" anyway - a very familiar voice ... Yup it was Kak Yong's voice indeed!!! After all these years, she's back but as a guest of Radio Klasik... For the Gen Y, Kak Yong might not be a familiar figure or rather familiar voice so let us walk through those nostalgic years when Kak Yong was a "juru hebah" at RTM... Her real name is Tengku Mariam Tengku Laksamana Nasir but was overwhelmingly known as "Kak Yong". It was her nick name in a popular radio program entitled "Permintaan Apa Itu" over RTM. The program was on air from 1977 until 2002. Kak Yong initially was paired with another "juru hebah" Noramin (Busu Noramin) until 1980 and later was paired with Abang Chik (Zainal Abas), Abang Bul (Hasbullah Awang). It was basically a program meant for kids with songs like "Kain Pelikat" (Anuar Zain & Elina) and "Sakit Gigi" (Shahril). I remember every Saturday at 9.30 AM, I would turn on radio and listened to the program intensely. Although it was meant for kids, it was s popular that Kak Yong even received post cards "permintaan" from adults all over Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei not to mention Malaysian students who studied overseas. Normally, they will send a postcard wishing happy birthdays to their "adik" or "anak saudara". Some even made calls to Kak Yong .... Those were the days when radio was not adulterated with endless and aimless "verbal diarrhea" of the current "juru hebah" ... ooops sorry!!! now they called themselves "DJs" a sure overrated title I would say. Back to Kak Yong, I really missed her "keanak-anakan" and lifely voice over the radio and I smiled when she said over radio " Kak Yong ada berlakon drama tapi dengan suara ni Kak Yong tak bole jadi heroin!!" and she laughed with her "trademark" laugh .... It really made my day as the nostalgic years of Kak Yong was the order of the day .... To Kak Yong, thanks for those wonderful 25 years of "Permintaan Apa Itu" .....

How "Lembu" made the police job easier ......

I have been keeping a certain clip of an NST Southern Edition for quite some time ... It was about a report on how "lembu" assisted the police in solving the loose end of a crime ... I thought of posting the news in my Blog earlier but hesitated due to the sensitivities of anything to do with "lembu". Some people might "menyinsing lengan" and "angkat kain" when the word "lembu" is mentioned .... At least one particular lady had done so .... But what the heck!!! It began when the Johor Baru police crippled a syndicate specialising in stealing dairy cattle, goats and buffaloes in Johor with the arrest of 22 members of the syndicate. The police also recovered 71 animals but was facing difficulties on how to return the animals to their rightful owners. It was decided that the 71 "lembu" were put at an identification parade after their ear tags were removed. It was reported - it's not me, NST reported - that the police could not believe their eyes when each "lembu" walked towards its owner when its name was called out.... This is an interesting example of an innovative "Rakan Kop" program I supposed. The morale of the story is please do not underestimate the creature we called "lembu". It's proven here that "lembu" could solved a crime ....... perhaps "lembu" might be a lead to an unsolved criminal activities ..... Till we meet again ....

What's in Store after the Parliament is Dissolved......

I have posted earlier on what will almost certainly happen once the Parliament is dissolved and once PRU13 is coming nearer .... I will write about it again anyway. The lists are as below: 1. Obviously, there will be lots of "ceramah pilihanraya" every night from the dissolution of Parliament right up to the midnight before the voting day. Thousands of supporters of political parties wil attend these "ceramah" - hopefully all them are registered voters; 2. Illicit sexual videos alleging certain politicians will be freely distributed or uploaded in YouTube etc. In one of the earlier GE, I found one nicely wrapped in an envelope and ended up in trash because it was a trash!!!! 3. There would be news of political parties' members "jumping ship" to the opponent side claiming that they have lost faith in their political parties. If we read the mainstream media, the favorite target would be PAS and PKR. I have been reading this news since I was in my lower secondary - mind you it was in the 70s - and going by this rate of "keluar parti" PAS by now has not even a single member!!! 4. Vacant lands will be "vandalised" and "penetrated" by the rough edge of the "gigi" backhoe/excavator where politicians wearing a hard hat doing "upacara pecah tanah" for this or that "projek untuk rakyat"!!! Since these politicians are only doing this once in 5 years, somebody who is familiar with the "dynamics" of the machine will be standing beside the politicians turned "driver" for the day. The trick is "pecah tanah" first and just leave the land unattended for the next 5 years for "upacara meletak batu asas". This time the polticians will wear a hat hat, a glove and put a single "bata" with cement mortar!!!; 5. The most pitiful and confused "creatures" would be the "balai raya/dewan orang ramai", perhaps "kedai 1 Malaysia", Kilinik 1 Malaysia", the "jambatan" or any concrete/steel structures on a land which have to painstakingly tolerate the "majlis pembukaan rasmi" & "majlis potong riben". Anybody who cares to check the record might find out that these "majlis" had been carried out during the previous GE ..... 6. All the "X Men" Malaysia version will be given wide coverage in the electronic and printed media with vile "abuses" towards their former political parties except for those who had jumped to so many political parties resulted in him not knowing or even remember which political party he actually originally belonged to!!!! 7. Lastly, those universities/colleges professors cum part time political analysts will come up with their commentaries on anything about politics ... and yes!!! these professors will use bombastic words/phrases which are only understood by them ... The above are my predictions of what will happen from now on. What might not happen or most likely not happen? Well the MB of Pahang will most likely not show the "isyarat lucah" to the public as he might not even be listed as a GE candidate and Datuk Seri Samy Vellu will most likely not being fielded although he was reportedly as saying " I am a winnable candidate!!!" I myself would savour this statement as the #1 pre election funniest joke unless along the way somebody else would overtake him and being the PRU13 "Maharaja Lawak"... Let's wait and see whether my predictions are correct ....

The "Gong" had been sounded!!! Finally Parliament is Dissolved ....

Today at 11.30 AM, RTM had broadcasted live over RTM from the Prime Minister's Office Putrajaya an announcement by the YAB Prime Minister that: 1. he was granted an audience before the Yang DiPertuan Agong and the King had consented to the dissolution of the Parliament effective today; 2. This is where I need verification - the PM said Parliament is dissolved effective " ... hari ini Rabu 3 April 2012 ...". I might heard it wrong anyway; 3. The PM gave his undertaking should there be a change of government after the PRU 13, it would be a peaceful and "tertib" transition; 4. The PM also took the opportunity apart from announcing the dissolution of Parliament to "kick start" the election campaign by promoting the just "dissolved" government of the day by telling that it has "worked hard" for the "rakyat" for the last 5 years; 5. In a spirit of camaraderie and team work he was flanked by the YAB Deputy PM and all his cabinet Ministers which effectively had been "dissolved" and turned into a caretaker government [The process and legality/convention of caretaker government is another matter altogether]; 6. YAB PM also urged all head of State Governments to seek audience with the respective Kings/Tuan Yang DIPertua Negeri to dissolve their respective DUNs so that a simultaneous General Election could be held through out Malaysia. My take on the announcement is ....Except for the error in stating the date - which I am not sure as I was at first listening over the radio and after that over TV - and the "kempen pilihanraya yang tidak sepatutnya" the YAB PM was generally calm in making the announcement and his Deputy was a bit "restless" sometimes ... "tak cukup tidor agaknya" ... So people, the "gong" had been sounded and the war drum had been beaten!!! After this, it's like a juggernaut wheel as it will roll on without stop until the D Day i.e. the voting day. Do exercise your right and vote the candidate of your choice .... Till we meet again .....